IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NOVA SCOTIA
Citation: R. v. Bartels, 2005 NSSC 317
Date: 20051110
Docket: C.R. 241088 and C.R. 244868
Registry: Halifax
Between:
Her Majesty the Queen
versus
Alan Robert Bartels
LIBRARY HEADING
Judge: The Honourable Justice C. Richard Coughlan
Heard: November 10, 2005, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Decision: November 10, 2005 (Orally) (On Sentencing)
Subject: Criminal law - Sentencing - Joint Recommendation - Second Degree Murder and Manslaughter
Summary: The accused on two separate occasions savagely beat two individuals which resulted in their death. He plead guilty to one count of second degree murder and one of manslaughter. A joint recommendation as to sentence was made.
Result: The joint recommendation of a life sentence with parole ineligibility for eighteen years for the second degree murder and sixteen years for manslaughter to be served concurrently is within the acceptable range of sentences and warranted by the admitted facts. Joint recommendation accepted.
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